Making Room For a Miracle

April 19, 2026 Joel Gatlin www.thesycamore.net ”FOR WITH GOD NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.” LUKE 1:37 NKJV ”AND HE SAID, “THUS SAYS THE LORD: ‘MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES.’” II KINGS 3:16 NKJV “FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD: ‘YOU SHALL NOT SEE WIND, NOR SHALL YOU SEE RAIN; YET THAT VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED WITH WATER, SO THAT YOU, YOUR CATTLE, AND YOUR ANIMALS MAY DRINK.’ AND THIS IS A SIMPLE MATTER IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; HE WILL ALSO DELIVER THE MOABITES INTO YOUR HAND.” II KINGS 3:17-18 NKJV “NOW IT HAPPENED IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE GRAIN OFFERING WAS OFFERED, THAT SUDDENLY WATER CAME BY WAY OF EDOM, AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH WATER.” II KINGS 3:20 NKJV “WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD, THE LORD APPEARED TO HIM AND SAID, “I AM EL-SHADDAI—‘GOD ALMIGHTY.’ SERVE ME FAITHFULLY AND LIVE A BLAMELESS LIFE.” GENESIS 17:1 NLT “I WILL MAKE A COVENANT WITH YOU, BY WHICH I WILL GUARANTEE TO GIVE YOU COUNTLESS DESCENDANTS.” GENESIS 17:2 NLT 1. DIG A DITCH ”AND HE SAID, “THUS SAYS THE LORD: ‘MAKE THIS VALLEY FULL OF DITCHES.’” II KINGS 3:16 NKJV PHYSICAL OBEDIENCE BRINGS SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGHS “AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, “WHY DO YOU CRY TO ME? TELL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO GO FORWARD. BUT LIFT UP YOUR ROD, AND STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND OVER THE SEA AND DIVIDE IT. AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL GO ON DRY GROUND THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE SEA.” EXODUS 14:15-16 NKJV 2. TRUST HIS WORD ”NOW IT HAPPENED IN THE MORNING…” II KINGS 3:20 NKJV “EVERY WORD OF GOD IS TESTED; HE IS A SHIELD TO THOSE WHO TAKE REFUGE IN HIM.” PROVERBS 30:5 "CAN ANY ONE OF YOU BY WORRYING, ADD A SINGLE HOUR TO YOUR LIFE?" (MATHEW 6:27). NIV ”BEHOLD, HE WHO KEEPS ISRAEL WILL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP." (PSALM 121 VS 4) NKJV 3. LIVE WITH EXPECTATION “NOW IT HAPPENED IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE GRAIN OFFERING WAS OFFERED, THAT SUDDENLY WATER CAME BY WAY OF EDOM, AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH WATER.” II KINGS 3:20 NKJVSCREEN: “THEN THEY ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THE SUN WAS SHINING ON THE WATER; AND THE MOABITES SAW THE WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE AS RED AS BLOOD. AND THEY SAID, “THIS IS BLOOD; THE KINGS HAVE SURELY STRUCK SWORDS AND HAVE KILLED ONE ANOTHER; NOW THEREFORE, MOAB, TO THE SPOIL!” SO WHEN THEY CAME TO THE CAMP OF ISRAEL, ISRAEL ROSE UP AND ATTACKED THE MOABITES, SO THAT THEY FLED BEFORE THEM; AND THEY ENTERED THEIR LAND, KILLING THE MOABITES.” II KINGS 3:22-24 NKJV “NOW A MAN WHO WAS LAME FROM BIRTH WAS BEING CARRIED TO THE TEMPLE GATE CALLED BEAUTIFUL, WHERE HE WAS PUT EVERY DAY TO BEG FROM THOSE GOING INTO THE TEMPLE COURTS. WHEN HE SAW PETER AND JOHN ABOUT TO ENTER, HE ASKED THEM FOR MONEY. PETER LOOKED STRAIGHT AT HIM, AS DID JOHN. THEN PETER SAID, “LOOK AT US!” SO THE MAN GAVE THEM HIS ATTENTION, EXPECTING TO GET SOMETHING FROM THEM. THEN PETER SAID, “SILVER OR GOLD I DO NOT HAVE, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE I GIVE YOU. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, WALK.” TAKING HIM BY THE RIGHT HAND, HE HELPED HIM UP, AND INSTANTLY THE MAN’S FEET AND ANKLES BECAME STRONG. HE JUMPED TO HIS FEET AND BEGAN TO WALK. THEN HE WENT WITH THEM INTO THE TEMPLE COURTS, WALKING AND JUMPING, AND PRAISING GOD.” ACTS 3:2-8 NIV “NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US,” EPHESIANS 3:20 NKJVS ”AND GOD IS ABLE TO BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY, SO THAT IN ALL THINGS AT ALL TIMES, HAVING ALL THAT YOU NEED, YOU WILL ABOUND IN EVERY GOOD WORK.” 2 CORINTHIANS 9:8 NIV